Twelve step support groups for sex addiction give you a community to help you overcome your sex addiction. Several examples of these groups are freedom groups, sexaholics anonymous, sex and love addicts anonymous, sexual compulsives anonymous and sexual recovery anonymous. These groups work the twelve steps, but do not include individual therapy session. It is important to find a group near you and also investigate the vision of the group, what they view "recovery" as, who defines the recovery and if they have sponsors or not.

It is important to find a group where there is more recovery than relapses. Learn more about Sex Addicts Anonymous Groups https://sexaddict.com/sex-addicts-anonymous. Learn more about Freedom Groups: https://drdougweiss.com/groups/freedom-groups

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Self help is usually the first step in sex addiction treatment. This is where you start finding information on what your addiction is and how to get help through books, videos and other resources. Starting with self help is great, but you may also find it helpful to take part in support and recovery groups and well as attending individual counseling treatment sessions for some of the issues you are struggling with. Learn more at https://sexaddict.com/sex-addict-help-options

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The #MeToo movement has damaged the relationship between males and females in the workplace. I want to take a moment to address that. There seems to be this overreaction among men to pull back and avoid building relationships with women in the workplace because of the #MeToo movement. That is not going to help your organization, and it doesn't build teamwork or trust at all.

The whole purpose of the #MeToo movement is to support women who are victims of sexual harassment and assault and spread awareness that this is not ok in any environment - especially in the workplace.

It is important for men to mentor women in the workplace. It is a great experience to see mentored women grow, reach goals and achieve success with your help. Here are a few tips about how to effectively mentor women in your workplace as a man.

- Meet In Public

Keep meetings with women as public as possible. Meet in common areas like glass walled boardrooms and cafeterias. Bring a third person along with you if you can. Avoid isolation. Meeting up after work one-on-one for drinks or singling women out can be misinterpreted or misunderstood. Staying in public areas will create a positive mentoring environment.

- Praise Qualities Not Features

Make complements on and praise women's qualities not features. Use phrases like "that took a lot of effort," "that's a lot of creativity" and "you really put a lot of work into that project." Don't make complements about their features, what they are wearing or how they look in that suit or dress. You want to stay away from features and focus on the person and the quality of work they are doing.

- Keep Your Objectives Clean

Have clear goals when you begin mentoring women. For example, define the goals, techniques, information or other performance indicators you are teaching them through the mentor program. This will keep your relationship professionally oriented, be an indicator of how effective your mentoring is and set give them an objective to reach. Do not make the mentorship a social event.

- Praise Your Spouse

Always say positive things about your spouse or partner around women at work. Never talk negatively about your spouse or partner. This could be a sign that women are gauging your relationship and feeling things out. This is an inappropriate subject for the workplace and can cause you a lot of damage. If someone complements you respond with "my spouse says the same thing." This sends a really clear message that you are not going down the unprofessional road.

- No Specifics About Your Marriage

Never share specific details about your marriage or relationship with women you mentor. This is a very personal topic and is inappropriate for professional working relationships. Sharing details like that can open doors for sympathy and a listen ear for your relational problems which can entangle you emotionally very quickly.

- Meet The Spouse or Partner

Introduce your spouse or partner to the women you work with. This helps define boundaries. You can do this at a work social event, holiday party or have your spouse or partner swing by the office if possible. Your female co-workers will respect your relationship with your spouse or partner more if they get a chance to meet her and talk to her.

- No secrets

Do not keep secrets. Do not use secret email accounts, text messages or other ways of communication that only you have access too. Secrets will get you in trouble and sharing "secrets" with other women is a sign that you are not mentoring anymore and that you are moving into a personal relationship. Keep communication on channels where other people including your spouse or partner can see and have access to it.

- Don't Share Your Feelings

Do not share your feelings or emotions with women you mentor. Be careful of emotional language and be watchful for sharing emotions. Men have a tendency to want to rescue women or can be falsely vulnerable to get women to open up their hearts. Women sometimes use emotions to draw men in. If a women begins to share their feelings and go down that road, stop them and tell them that topic sounds like a great conversation to have with a girlfriend and not you.

- Keep Touch Professional

Have clear physical boundaries while mentoring women. Handshakes are great. Stay away from hugs. Side hugs can lead to front hugs which can lead to long hugs. Even if your motives are good. You are inviting feelings that could be misunderstood.

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We just released our new Unstuck video! Unstuck is for every woman who has experienced the pain of their partner’s sex addiction or intimacy anorexia and feels stuck, confused, frustrated and unable to move on. You didn’t sign up for this and honestly, you don’t get it! In this DVD, Dr. Doug Weiss helps you “get it” so you can process the painful reality you are in and start to live again. Getting stuck can rob you of living and loving well. Getting unstuck can help get you back to living and loving again at your full potential! You can order Unstuck now on our Heart to Heart Counseling Center website at https://drdougweiss.com/product/unstuck-dvd

Visit the Heart to Heart Counseling Center website at: https://drdougweiss.com/ or call us at 719-278-3708 for counseling and healing from sex addiction.

If you have discovered your husband's sexual addiction, you are likely feeling scared and alone. Find help and support by joining our Partner's Facebook Support Group:

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Take a moment and think about your worst moment for a minute. That time you did or said that one thing wish you had never done. We all have worst moments. Don't let them turn into shame that defines you. Don't let your worst moment define your heart! We take those worst moments, and we can begin to believe what they tell us. That we aren't worth as much. That we don't have value. That we can never be loved because of them. That we can't ever reach our destiny.

You are not your worst moment. Yes, that moment did happen in the past. We do make mistakes, but our mistakes and worst moments are not WHO you are. Leave that identity behind you because you are forgiven. The plans God has for you on earth is way bigger than that moment, so leave it in the past and do not give it another thought. You are loved and forgiven.

If you need counseling and healing visit the Heart to Heart Counseling Center at https://drdougweiss.com/ or call us at 719-278-3708.

Men, you have the ability to impact every women in your life with honor, strength and respect! Your voice is the most powerful voice in your relationships. Use it to impact your wife, your daughters and your female work relationships.

Women love to be praised. Give your wife praise. Praise her for who she is more than what she does. Tell her she is loved, she is beautiful, she is amazing, that she satisfies you and that you are so thankful for her in your life. Call out your wife's good traits. Tell her that you love her honesty, pureness, work ethic and good heartedness. Let her know that you see her heart and you love what you see.

Tell your daughters that they are loved, smart, capable and that you are proud of them. You have so much potential to speak into your daughters' lives by doing this because they want to please you. They want to make you proud since you think they are rockstars and capable of anything. Treat female relationships at work like they are your sisters. Build relationships in a way which naturally leads toward dignity and respect.

Protect the idea of women in your life and in your fantasy worlds. Treat them with dignity and respect even on the internet, in virtual worlds or other environments like games. All the women in your life will sense when you respect and honor them and speak God's heart to them.

If you need counseling and healing visit the Heart to Heart Counseling Center at https://drdougweiss.com/ or call us at 719-278-3708.

God made you. He made you to be great and do incredible things with your life. This is so frustrating and exhilarating at the same time! Like a little seed, your greatness takes time to grow. It can take decades of your life to reach your full potential!

That's a problem because you can feel your potential to rise, to conquer the world and to soar on the wings of an eagle, but you have to balance reaching for greatness with everyday life. That's where the tension builds. You have to stay content in the moment while you pay your bills, go to work and take care of what is around you.

However, God has also given you a couple responsibilities. Enter God's presence. Let the light of God reveal and expose any character issues inside you. Feed yourself with the Word of God so your seed of greatness can grow.

You can't change who you are - what the seed is inside of you. If you are an "oak tree" you'll become an oak. If you are a "pear tree" or an "orange tree" you will become one of those. You are who you are and you are what God made you. Your DNA won't change. Get in God's presence, be grateful and grow into the greatness God created in you.

I know there's a greater future for you, but I want you to enjoy who you are today. The future will come soon enough.

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"Your mistakes do not define who Christ says you are!" Everyone is human and we all make mistakes. We hate when we say the dumbest possible thing at the wrong moment or do the stupidest thing imaginable or make a terrible choice at a time when we think no one else is looking.

I have been counseling people for 30 years and know that you are not your mistakes. Yes, that moment or incident happened, but that is one event over the millions of events that will happen over the course of your life. Take in the bigger picture of your life and gain the larger perspective.

Your mistake may expose something in you. It may reveal something in you that you need to address or change your decision making and gain more wisdom. However, it is not who you are. If you lie, steal, cheat, hurt someone else, have an abortion, have sex outside of marriage or don't pay your taxes, those are all mistakes. They are not who you are.

Stop trying to pay for your mistakes because Christ Jesus already paid for your mistakes. If you need counseling and healing visit the Heart to Heart Counseling Center at https://drdougweiss.com/ or call us at 719-278-3708.

Addiction is everywhere. Alcohol, drugs, sex, porn, food, caffeine and shopping. The list goes on and on. Addictions are all around us and they become part of your heart. I am a recovering alcoholic, drug addict, sex addict, caffeine addict and sugar addict. I've been recovering from so many addictions that I understand addiction, but here is what I know: addiction is not me.

Addiction was me medicating something. Addiction was me trying to figure out how to get through the next day. But it's not who I am. Jesus Christ has come to set me free. I might need to be accountable to people. I might need to be in a support group. I might really need to deal with and address abuse or other stuff in my life, but I am not my addiction.

My addiction was a choice, and I don't choose it anymore. It's been over 30 years since I've had alcohol, done drugs, or looked at pornography. I understand freedom because I am free. The first words God spoke to Adam in Genesis was, "You are free."

You are free from addictions. You're stronger than any addiction process. Your spirit is greater than any addiction process. The Word of God is more powerful than addictions. Your fellowship and relationship with an accountability partner can help you move through and be more powerful then you ever thought possible.

If the devil tries to get you addicted it's because he's afraid of you. There's something in you that's greater than you and there's a destiny for you that's greater than any addiction that's come into your life in the past or your dealing with in the present.

So believe me when I say that you are free! Visit the Heart to Heart Counseling Center website at: https://drdougweiss.com/ or call us for counseling and sex addiction help at 719-278-3708.

Your abuse was an event in time, it shouldn't define who you are! #metoo #metoomovement

You are not your abuse. Abuse happens. I've been sexually abused. I've been phsycially abused. I've been abandoned. I've emotionally neglected. I understand spiritual neglect and abuse. I've been counseling people for over 30 years. I've heard and seen all types of stories of abuse.

You can begin to identify yourself with the abuse as if that is your identity. Your abuse is not you. Your abuse is an event that happened to you. It is a photograph in a longer movie and in that movie you are successful because Christ died for you. In that movie you can move past the abuse.

You don't have to be defined by the sexual or physical abuse because you are not those events. You don't have to be what your mom or dad did or didn't say to you because you are not those words.

You are bigger, greater, stronger and more powerful because Christ died for you - not just for the abuse that happened to you. You are bigger than that. You are going to go past that. You will pass time. You abuse is stuck at a point in time. You have out grown it. You are stronger than it and it will make you stronger.

Today, remember that you are not your abuse. Visit the Heart to Heart Counseling Center website at: https://drdougweiss.com/ or call us for counseling and sex addiction help at 719-278-3708.